pricklier
Increasingly sharp-spined
Pricklier is the comparative form of prickly—having more thorns, spines, or sharp points: The rose bushes along the fence were pricklier than I remembered.
Figuratively, someone pricklier is more irritable or touchy: He gets pricklier when he hasn't slept.
Stiff, pointed projections
- spikyHaving sharp projections
- barbedHaving sharp projections
- needlesSlender pointed instruments
- bramblesThorny wild shrubs
cactus · nettles · thistle · briar · rosebush · hawthorn · gorse · burdock
spines
Stiff, pointed projections
brambles · cactus · nettles · thistle · briar · rosebush · hawthorn · gorse · burdock · raspberry
testy
Short-tempered, easily provoked
cantankerous · peevish · petulant · grumpy · cranky · snappy · grouchy · fractious · querulous · curmudgeonly
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
thorny · tricky · difficult · ticklish · touchy · contentious · fraught · tense · sticky · complicated